MEDION® Akoya® P8610 HD - £700.00

[ATI]

hello all

i,m thinking on getting this, your opionion please!

Product Description

This feature packed notebook comes with Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium, Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo processor T5800, 320GB HDD, 4GB DDR2 SDRAM, 18.4" TFT widescreen display, blu-ray ROM drive and a Dolby Home Theater® certified sound system.



**Upgrade to Windows 7 when you purchase this notebook. All PCs and notebooks with Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium on sale from 26th June contain a coupon that you can use to upgrade to Windows® 7 Home Premium for just 19.95 EUR**



PC Advisor online Jan. 2009 # 4 out of 5

Computer Shopper - Apr. 2009 # 4 out of 5

Computer Active - Apr. 2009 # 4 out of 5
Features

* Genuine Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Premium
* Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo processor T5800
o 2.0 GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, FSB 800 MHz
* 18.4" TFT widescreen display
o HD supporting 1680 x 945 pixels
* NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GS
o DirectX® 10 graphics with 512MB GDDR2 graphic memory, Hybrid SLI® with HybridPowerTM support and digital HDMI audio/video output
* 2 integrated loudspeakers and 1 subwoofer
o Dolby Home Theater® certified
* 320GB hard disk
* 4GB DDR SDRAM - i,m not sure if this is upgradeable to 6 GB
* Wireless LAN 802.11b/g Draft-n up to 300 Mbit/s
* Blu-ray ROM Drive/Multi Standard DVD-/CD- writer
o with blu-ray disc, DVD-RAM and Dual-Layer support
* Integrated 1.3MP webcam and microphone
* GBit Ethernet LAN port (10/100/1000 Mbit/s)
* Express Card DVB-T TV Tuner incl. remote control
* 4-in-1 Memory card reader (SD, MMC, MS and MS Pro)
* Keyboard with integrated numeric keypad
* Multimedia control via backlit sensor keys

Software

* Windows Vista® Home Premium
o with new Media Centre interface incl. Service Pack 1
o 64-Bit recovery DVD included
* Medion Home Cinema Suite incl. Cyberlink Power DVD 7 BD Edition
* Nero Essentials
* Nero Burning ROM 8 and Nero Recode 3
* Bullguard Internet Security
o incl. 90 days online-update (cost free registration required)

Included in the box

* Medion Akoya P6810 Notebook
* Lithium-Ion battery
* USB Notebook mouse
* Notebook carrying bag
* Express Card DVB-T TV Tuner incl. remote control
* External AC adapter
* User manual
* Warranty Card
* Windows Vista Home Premium Recovery DVD
* Medion Application and Support CD

Interfaces

* 4-in-1 Memory Card reader
* Express Card Slot 54
* HDMI out
* VGA out
* 1x eSATA/USB 2.0
* 3 x USB 2.0
* LAN (RJ45)
* Microphone in
* Line Out
* S/P-DIF out
* 6-channel audio out (analogue + SP/DIF)

Warranty

* 12 months


thanks

 

[bigsharn]

I think you'd get a better answer if there was a price up there...

I've had bad experience with Medion and their customer support so I wouldn't get it myself, but I'd wait til someone unbiased comes along and advises

 

[Nymins]

I think you'd get a better answer if there was a price up there...

I've had bad experience with Medion and their customer support so I wouldn't get it myself, but I'd wait til someone unbiased comes along and advises

Price is in the title.

Dunno, for £700 is seems maybe a bit too much for a Medion brand laptop imo. Would probably be better off with a Dell Studio for that money. Deal going on Dell atm for a Studio 15, Dual Core T4300 (still a very good CPU), 4Gb ram, 500GB HDD, Radeon 4570 512mb for £499.99 delivered. Seems very good for that price.

 

[mike gunnz]

I'd normally be very wary about dropping £700 on a Medion laptop however well specced because of their questionable build quality. But that is a seriously well featured machine. Is it an online only deal or is it also available in-store? If you can grab a play on one in store and it seems ok then I can see why you'd have to seriously consider it.

My fave review site and one of the most trustworthy in my opinion trustedreviews get the odd Medion laptop in for review from time to time and are complimentary about them while advising caution. Might be worth reading some of their reviews before pulling the trigger.

 

[andy_mk3]

Looks nicely specc'd but if it was me I'd go for a better make for the build quality.

Edit: Something like this maybe: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=LT-134-AC&utm_source=forums&utm_medium=banner

 

[ATI]

thanks for all your comments.

well i have spoken to medion and got this info from them:

SANYO 6300MAH BATTERY - i,m not sure if this is any good, does anyone know what that means in hours or any info on the battery would be helpful.

also warrenty wise they said if there is no reciept they can trace it via the release date/

also i managed to find it somewhere for £500.00 (friend of a friend has one), so price wise is this any better. not used it by the way.

ram is at full cap they said so no room to upgrade.

thanks